JAINISM

RELIGION WAS FORMED IN...

• India
• Also been found in...
• Pakistan
• Myanmar
• Central Asia, and Java Islands

THE RELIGION IS PRACTICED TODAY IN...

• In India with 4.3 million people practicing it today
• The US, Eourope and Kenya also play a large part in the Jaimism community

HISTORY OF THE RELIGION

• There are more than one person who breated Jainism
• Jains believe in a human that has achieved the highest spiritual goal of existance.
• 24 of these people called tirthankaras have reached this goal
• the texts are called Agranas, an they are the scriptures of Svetambara Jainism.
• The texts had to be memorized since the monks and nuns were not allowed to have religious books

BELIEFS

• Ahisma- the principle of non injury
• Sathya- non stealing
• Apigrana- wordly wealth
• Karma- ultimate goal in life is to be released by it.

RITUALS

• The 6 Essentials:
• Sama Yik, Chaturmsati
• Vandan, Pratikraman
• Kayotsarg, & Prtyakahan